Re: Bug #14572, any chance to fix it?

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

On 6 Apr 1999, Martin Mitchell wrote:

> Darren Benham <gecko@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > > Every time I use the bug web pages I have to scroll down and read
> > > the report backwards, this is highly counter-productive.
> > > 
> > > I don't want to be impatient[*], but:
> > > 
> > > Is there any chance that this bug is fixed some day?
> > > 
> > > [*] The bug (#14572) was reported in November 1997 :-)
> > 
> > I think Ian is quite clear.  This is *not* a bug.  This is the way the
> > software was *designed*.  It is something *you* don't like but your
> > personal tastes do not constitute a bug.

Please don't personalize the discussion.

If I apply this theory to bug #3253 (in which the "tastes" are reversed),
it would follow that I should close it.

>  So I'd say the chances of it
> > being "changed some day" are slim to nil.
> 
> I agree, I said it then, and I'll say it again: it is not a bug and
> should be closed.

And I'll say it again too: There was a discussion in debian-devel
and the number of people who considered this as a bug was double
than the number of people who did not.

Please read the archives.

Thanks.

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